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Donald Mackintosh, the head forester, who has lived 

 at Achnasheen for over thirty years. Duncan Fraser 

 and John Mitchie look after the Strathbran portion, 

 while Kenneth Gillanders takes care of the Achanalt 

 section. In the Long Corrie of Ben Fin there is a 

 large joint sanctuary for the three grounds, into which 

 the deer begin to gather in May, and out of which 

 they do not break until the first week of the October 

 following ; and in this corrie, early in September of 

 1894, no less than 870 stags were counted, besides 

 knobbers and hinds, amidst them being a remarkably 

 fine hummel, who has been on the ground for the last 

 three seasons. This forest will carry three rifles, but 

 not for every day of the season ; all deer are got by 

 fair stalking, the average annual kill being from 

 seventy to eighty stags (in 1895 it was eighty-three 

 stags), which, with heart and liver included, show a 

 mean weight of 13 stone 9 } lbs., but this total takes 

 in the weights of some small beasts, shot by accident 

 or by novices, which it would have been better to 

 omit taking any notice of. The entire stock of 



